Psalm 41

posted 25 Mar 2013, 04:28 by Ben@theorderoftheblacksheep.com

1-3 Dignify those who are down on their luck;you’ll feel good—that’s what God does.God looks after us all,makes us robust with life—Lucky to be in the land,we’re free from enemy worries.Whenever we’re sick and in bed,God becomes our nurse,nurses us back to health.

4-7 I said, “God, be gracious!Put me together again—my sins have torn me to pieces.”My enemies are wishing the worst for me;they make bets on what day I will die.If someone comes to see me,he mouths empty platitudes,All the while gathering gossip about meto entertain the street-corner crowd.These “friends” who hate mewhisper slanders all over town.They form committeesto plan misery for me.

8-9 The rumor goes out, “He’s got some dirty,deadly disease. The doctorshave given up on him.”Even my best friend, the one I always told everything—he ate meals at my house all the time!—has bitten my hand.

10 God, give grace, get me up on my feet.I’ll show them a thing or two.

11-12 Meanwhile, I’m sure you’re on my side—no victory shouts yet from the enemy camp!You know me inside and out, you hold me together,you never fail to stand me tall in your presenceso I can look you in the eye.

13 Blessed is God, Israel’s God,always, always, always.Yes. Yes. Yes.

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